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Alphabet English Equivalent Extra Points Examples

ㄱ An unaspirated ‘k’ at the beginning of a word, and a ‘g’ most of the time in the middle of words. By unaspirated, I mean that it’s not pronounced very hard, like the English ‘k’. 가! – ka – "Go!"
ㄴ ‘n’ Made by almost biting on the tongue at the ends of words, and by placing the tongue behind the top teeth otherwise. 나 – na – "I"
ㄷ Like, ㄱ, this consonant is like the unaspirated ‘t’ in English. It is a ‘d’ in the middle of words. 다 – ta – "all"
ㄹ A mixture between the English ‘r’ and ‘l’. When between vowels, it is like a single rolled Spanish ‘r’ or like the ‘tt’ in ‘butter’ in some American dialects. If there are two of them together, it becomes a solid ‘l’. 가라! – ka-ra – "Go!"
달리 – tal-li – "differently"
ㅁ ‘m’ 마음 – ma-ŭm – "heart"
ㅂ An unaspirated ‘p’ at the beginning of words, and a ‘b’ in the middle of words. 반 – pan – "half"
ㅅ ‘s’ When coming before the "ee" sound, it becomes an ‘sh’. 산 – san – "mountain"
시 – shi – "poem"